Short-turning gear for vehicles.



No. 689,3I4. Patnted Dec. I7, |90I.

W. A. KO0N. SHORT TURNING GEAR Fon vEH'lc'LEs.

(Application led EN'. 30, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEEICE.

XVILLIS ASHER KOON, OF WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO.

SHORT-TURNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

srncurcn'rroiv forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,314, dated December 1v, 1901.

' y. ppn'canntiea March 30,1901. serai No. 53.651. on man.)

To @ZZ whom, it' may concern-.

Be it known that LWILLIS AsHEE KooN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodland Park, county of Teller, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Short-Turning Gear for Vehicles, of which the-following is a speci fxcation.

This invention relates to short-turning gear for vehicles.

The object of the invention is the provision of a short-turning gear which will be strong and durable and not readily susceptible to wrenching or derange|nent,wl1ich will operate easily and with little friction and permit the turning of the vehicle in a very small radius.

Having the foregoing object in View, the invention consistsrof a short-turning gear comprising certain improved features and novel combinations of parts set forth fully in detail hereinafter and recited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1` is a plan View with the guiding-reach bent or exed; Fig. 2, a similar bottom View; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on linear of lig. 1, and Fig. 4 a similar vieW on line y y.

land 2 are the front and rear axles, respectively, and 3 and 4 the holsters, 5 and 6 being the front and hind hounds respectively.

The numeral 7 designates a reach-boxing located on top of the axle and having the superposed wear-plate 9. Extending longitudinally of the axle along its bottom is a brace-rod 10, held in place by a plate 9,which is secured at its four corners by fastenings 8, Y

extending up and connected with boxing 7. Tho boxing is thereby held in position, and the rod 10, firmly secured against the axle and said rod, strengthens the axle.

The reach 11 is pivoted on the king-bolts 12 and 1-3 and preferably has apertures 14, through any one of which the bolt 13 can be passed to permit adjustmenas found de-Q 2O on the front hounds and the latter having apertures 21, by which it is connected to the king-bolt 13 and extending through the boxing 15 and provided with a 'pinv 'and friction'- roller 22, adapted to travel in -a slot23 inthe guide-loop 16, which limits its swing.

On the rear axle and hounds are secured tracks 21, terminating at their rear ends in upturned stops 25. 'lhe rear bolster is pro- Vvided with brackets'26,which have rollers 27, adapted to run on said tracks, and are prevented from passing off the ends of the latter by the upturned portions thereof. The provisionof the boxing and guiding-loop prevents any sagging of the guiding-reach at the point of connection of its members, thus relieving strain, while the stops coperating with the reach proper prevent undue swing orplay thereof, and theadjustability of the guiding-reach member 18, which latter' adapted to play below said boxing and in the reaches renders the construction perfectly adaptable tothe vehicle on which employed. The provision of the antifriction-rollers and track on which they travel relieves the reachboxing of strain and equalizes the pressure on the rear axle. v

I am aware that changes might be resorted toA in carrying out my invention Which-Would not materially alter its construction or detract from any of its advantages. I do not therefore herein limit myself to the construction described, but consider that I am entitled to all such modifications as come within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a short-turning gear for vehicles, the combination with rthe axles, of rear hounds provided with a boxing and a guide-loop, a main reach connecting the axles and located below the guide-loop, and a guiding-reach composed of two members having an adjustableor sliding connection at their inner ends,

boxing on the rear hounds and connected to the rear axle and the other member being connected to the frontA axle and having its free end located below the boxing and adapted to play back and forth Within the guide-loop, above the main reach..

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2. In a short-turning gear for vehicles, the combination with the axles, of front and hind hounds, the front hounds being provided with a raised v'cross-piece and the hind hounds having,r a boxing and a depending guide-loop, a main reach pivote-d to the axles and adapted to play under the guide-loop and on the front hounds under the Cross-piece, stops on the front hounds to limit The play of the main reach in both directions, and a guiding-reach composed of two members having theiry inner ends adjustably or slidably connected together, one of said members being connected to the rear axle and extending through the boxing', and the other member being connected tothe front axle and to the cross-piece above the main reach and lia`\1ixig its free end located in the guide-loop and adapted to play back and forth therein.

3. In a short-turning gear for vehicles, thecombination with the axles,vof a main reach, a guiding-reach com posed of parts ad j ustabl y connected together, horizontal tracks on the rear axle terminating in upwardly-extending portions or stops, holsters, and brackets on therear bolster having rollers which travel on the top of said tracks. .e

4. In a short-turning gear for vehicles, the combination with an axle, of a reach pivoted Y thereto, a boxing for the reach which lies on 

